Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 389 426 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.11% 12.29% 16.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.50% 39.59% 50.54%
Number of salaries quoted 265 298 470
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,197 1,076 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 28.03% 31.05% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 599 578 894
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -13 110 £55,000 +10.00% 94
Cambridgeshire +13 97 £42,500 -2.30% 68
Bedfordshire +8 61 £14,000 -72.00% 51
Essex -7 61 £32,500 -35.64% 74
Suffolk +13 34 £47,500 +43.94% 42
Norfolk -5 22 £60,000 +87.50% 56
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 12
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 33 (8.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (6.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.54%) Confluence
3 6 (1.54%) WordPress
4 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 54 (13.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 126 (32.39%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (20.82%) AWS
2 81 (20.82%) Power Platform
3 64 (16.45%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.68%) Azure AI
5 23 (5.91%) Azure Logic Apps
6 19 (4.88%) PowerApps
7 18 (4.63%) GitHub
8 17 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (4.37%) SaaS
9 16 (4.11%) GCP
10 15 (3.86%) Power Automate
10 15 (3.86%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.83%) IaaS
12 10 (2.57%) PaaS
13 9 (2.31%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.06%) Serverless
15 6 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 77 (19.79%) Firewall
2 31 (7.97%) DHCP
3 28 (7.20%) DNS
3 28 (7.20%) VPN
4 27 (6.94%) TCP/IP
4 27 (6.94%) WAN
5 21 (5.40%) LAN
6 17 (4.37%) Internet
7 13 (3.34%) VLAN
7 13 (3.34%) Wireless
8 11 (2.83%) SAN
8 11 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.57%) WLAN
10 7 (1.80%) IP Telephony
11 6 (1.54%) Network Security
12 5 (1.29%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (1.03%) DMZ
14 3 (0.77%) VoIP
15 2 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.45%) Power BI
2 28 (7.20%) Tableau
3 27 (6.94%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.83%) MySQL
6 7 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.54%) Redis
8 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.29%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.29%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.03%) Big Data
9 4 (1.03%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.77%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 18 (4.63%) Git
2 10 (2.57%) JIRA
3 6 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) MSTest
4 2 (0.51%) NUnit
4 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.51%) TestNG
5 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 41 (10.54%) Finance
3 18 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.11%) Law
5 15 (3.86%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.83%) Multimedia
6 11 (2.83%) Publishing
7 9 (2.31%) Retail
8 8 (2.06%) Legal
9 6 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.29%) Automotive
10 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Back Office
11 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.77%) Marketing
12 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Electronics
13 2 (0.51%) Local Government
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 91 (23.39%) Analyst
2 60 (15.42%) IT Support
3 52 (13.37%) Junior
4 48 (12.34%) Junior Analyst
5 37 (9.51%) Architect
6 35 (9.00%) Developer
6 35 (9.00%) Support Analyst
7 32 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (8.23%) Senior
8 26 (6.68%) IT Engineer
8 26 (6.68%) Support Engineer
9 25 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support
10 24 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 24 (6.17%) Data Analyst
10 24 (6.17%) Junior Data Analyst
10 24 (6.17%) Junior Security Analyst
10 24 (6.17%) Security Analyst
11 22 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
12 19 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.43%) .NET
2 21 (5.40%) CSS
3 13 (3.34%) HTML
4 12 (3.08%) React
5 9 (2.31%) REST
6 8 (2.06%) jQuery
7 7 (1.80%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.80%) Vue
8 5 (1.29%) Web Services
9 4 (1.03%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.03%) NumPy
9 4 (1.03%) Pandas
9 4 (1.03%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.03%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.03%) SignalR
9 4 (1.03%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.77%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.77%) Blazor
10 3 (0.77%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (2.83%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.31%) IoT
4 9 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.06%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.29%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.03%) Blog
9 4 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.03%) PKI
9 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 127 (32.65%) Windows
2 97 (24.94%) Windows Server
3 28 (7.20%) Windows 10
4 24 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (4.37%) Mac OS
6 15 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.60%) Linux
8 9 (2.31%) Android
9 5 (1.29%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.77%) VMS
11 2 (0.51%) Unix
12 1 (0.26%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (17.22%) Business Intelligence
3 65 (16.71%) Customer Service
4 61 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (14.14%) ITIL
5 55 (14.14%) Mentoring
6 53 (13.62%) Agile
7 48 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (12.08%) AI
9 44 (11.31%) Analytics
10 41 (10.54%) Roadmaps
11 40 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 38 (9.77%) DevOps
14 34 (8.74%) CI/CD
15 28 (7.20%) Technology Roadmap
16 27 (6.94%) Process Improvement
17 25 (6.43%) Data Analytics
17 25 (6.43%) Service Delivery
18 24 (6.17%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.17%) SQL
2 57 (14.65%) Python
3 47 (12.08%) PowerShell
4 36 (9.25%) C#
5 24 (6.17%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.60%) PHP
7 10 (2.57%) Java
7 10 (2.57%) R
8 8 (2.06%) C++
9 6 (1.54%) VBScript
10 5 (1.29%) Bash
11 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.77%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.51%) Bicep
13 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.26%) Go
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (21.34%) Azure Certification
2 56 (14.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (9.51%) Degree
4 28 (7.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 28 (7.20%) DBS Check
5 26 (6.68%) AWS Certification
6 24 (6.17%) CompTIA CySA+
6 24 (6.17%) Security Cleared
7 22 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (4.37%) CCNA
9 16 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (4.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 15 (3.86%) SC Cleared
11 13 (3.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (2.31%) A+ Certification
14 8 (2.06%) MCSA
15 7 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (1.54%) CCNP
16 6 (1.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.08%) GDPR
1 12 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.80%) NIST
4 6 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.29%) QA
6 4 (1.03%) GRC
6 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (1.03%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.03%) NCSC
6 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 105 (26.99%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.60%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.34%) Docker
6 5 (1.29%) vSphere
7 4 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (15.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.08%) SCCM
3 11 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.80%) Terraform
5 5 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.29%) Ansible
6 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.51%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.26%) Grafana
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.26%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 238 (61.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.46%) VMware
3 24 (6.17%) ForeScout
4 17 (4.37%) Cisco
4 17 (4.37%) SAP
5 16 (4.11%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.86%) Fortinet
7 13 (3.34%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.83%) Workday
9 10 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (2.31%) Apple
11 8 (2.06%) Google
12 6 (1.54%) Aruba
12 6 (1.54%) Databricks
12 6 (1.54%) Oracle
12 6 (1.54%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.54%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.54%) Veeam
13 5 (1.29%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.29%) DevExpress